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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

JOHN F. OHHER AND ELMER H. BRIDENBAUGH, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

FARE-RE GISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed August 27. 1906 Serial No. 332.277

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN F. OHMER and ELMER I-I. BRIDENBAUGH, citizensof the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomeryand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFare-Registers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fare registersof the type found in many of the prior patents granted to John F. Ohmer,one of the present applicants, and to John F. Ohmer jointly with others,and among which may be mentioned. Patents No. 715,129 of Dec. 2, 1902;No. 718,869 of Jan. 20, 1900; Reissue No. 11,867 of Oct. 30, 1900; andReissue No. 11,911 of May 28, 1901. Owing to the great strain imposedupon machines of this character, which is due to the constant operationsof the same in registering and indicating fare collections, it isimportant that the moving parts be not made to depend upon springs fortheir prompt and accurate return to their initial or normal positionsafter each operation. It is, therefore, the object of the presentinvention to accomplish this by the elimination of springs heretoforeemployed for returning to normal position the common mechanism which isactuated upon by each of the individual actuating devices, and todispense with the use of springs for control ling the locking mechanismwhich prevents the counters from overthrowing and which permits them tooperate at the proper time.

Preceding a more detailed description of the invention reference is madeto the accompanying drawings of which,

Figure 1, is a front elevation of the machine in which is embodied ourimprovements. Fig. 2, a front elevation of the actuating mechanism. Fig.3, a sectional view on the line w en of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, a sectional viewon the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5, a detail view of the member forcontrolling the transverse oscillating bar. Fig. 6, a detail view of thepassenger fare counter which counts and indicates the total fares orpassen- 3 designates a series of independent actuating members throughwhich the fare counting wheels 2 are actuated by means of interveningpawls 4, ratchet wheels 5 and pawl support-s 6. The pawl supports 6 areengaged by the lower ends of the actuating members 3 in a well knownmanner as shown in Fig. 3. On sheet 2 of the drawings is illustrated theoperating mechanism through which any one of the independent actuatingmembers 3 are selected and operated. Mounted on the frame-work 7 is astationary plate 8 which carries a horizontally slidable carriage 9.This carriage 9 is given movement to select any one of the independentactuating members to operate a desired counter, through a chain 10 whichpasses over pulley 11 and extends within reach of the operator. Theslidable carriage 9 supports a lifting member 12 which slides verticallytherein. The said lifting member 12 has a portion 13 which projectstherefrom at right angles through an opening 1 1 in the main operatingmember 15. This member 15 is guided on end tracks 16 made fast to theframe 7. The lifting member 12 is movable horizontally to positionsbelow and in line with. the lugs 1.8 on the independent actuatingmembers 3 and these parts are engaged in the operations of the members 3in a well known manner. The main operating member 15 has a transverseweb 19 extending therefrom which is adapted to engage the upper sides ofthe lugs 18 when said main operating member 15 is returned to its normalposition by gravity, Which movement also returns the independentactuating members 3 to their normal positions. The member 12 when movedto a position to actuate a selected member 3, is elevated in thecarriage 9 by the main operating member 15 which is given ascendingmovement from the bellcrank levers the lower arms of which engageprojections 21 on said main operating member 15. These bell-crank leversare operated from suitable ropes or connections 22 which extend to anyconvenient parts of the car. 1

The passenger indicator or total counting wheels 23 are simultaneouslyoperated with each operation of the detail counting wheels 2 to totalizethe work of the latter wheels, and such total counters are mounted on ashaft 24 in brackets 25. Each of said counters'23 has a ratchet wheel-26which is engaged by a pawl 27 carried on a frame-work 28 fulcrumed onthe shaft 24 and actuated by the transverse oscillating bar 29 through apitman 30. The pitman 30 is connected to the oscillating bar 29 and tothe frame 28 so that when the bar 29 is actuated by any one of theindependent actuating members 3, the frame 28 will be likewise moved andthe pawls 27 will cause the total counters 23 to move in a well knownmanner. The oscillating bar 29 is fulcrumed in the main frame 1 at 31.The total counters 23 are prevented from over-throwing in the operationsof the machine by means of the arms 32 engaging their respective ratchetwheels 33 on the counters 23. These arms 32 are mounted upon a shaft 34in the frame-work 1 and are rocked by a slotted cam'35 on the shaft 34.Upon the frame 28 is a roller 36 which rides in the cam 35 and controlsthe positions of the arms 32. I Vhen the frame 28 is in its highestposition the roller 36 will lie in the portion 37 of the cam and thearms 32 will be in their lowest positions and will engage the ratchetwheels 33, thereby preventing any over-throw of said counters 23.. Thetransverse oscillating bar 29 is positively lifted by any one oftheindependent actuating members 3 in a well known manner, such membersengaging the lower side of said bar. The said oscillating bar 29 isreturned to its normal position by an individual slide or member 38located at one side of the frame and moving in guides 39. The upper endof this slide 38 has a right angle extension 40 which extends over theupper side of said bar 29. The said slide 38 is carried up by the bar 29but is instrumental in carrying said bar down to its normal position. Onthe rear side of said slide 38 is a projection 41 which lies in the pathof the web 19 heretofore mentioned as extending from the main liftingbar 15. When the latter bar descends by gravity the web 19 engages thisprojection and'carries down the slide 38 and therewith the oscillatingbar 29 positively.

We claim:

1. In a fare register, detail fare counters, a total fare counter, amain operating member, means actuated by the main operating member tooperate the detail counters, means actuated by the actuating means ofthedetail counters for operating the total counter simultaneously with eachactuation of a detail counter, and means controlled by the mainoperating member for returning to normal position the actuatingmechanism of the total counter when said main operating member returnsto normal.

2. In a fare register, detail fare counters, a slide for each of suchcounters, a main operating member adapted to engage any one of saidslides to actuate any one of said counters, a total counter, meansactuated by any one of said slides for imparting movement to the totalcounter simultaneously with the movement of a detail counter, and aconnection between said main operating member and the means acted u onby said slides to impart movement to t e total counter and whereby saidmeans for imparting movement to the total counter is returned to normalwhen the main operatingmember itself returns to normal.

3. In a fare register, detail counters, a total counter, a mainoperating member, independent actuating devices intermediate of sanddetail counters and said main operating member, a common member actuatedalike by any one of said independent actuating devices, connectionsbetween said common member and the total counter by which the totalcounter is actuated simultaneously with the operations of the detailcounters, and a connection between said common member and the mainoperating member whereby the connections between the common member andthe total counter are returned to normal position when the mainoperating member returns to normal position.

In testimony whereof we affix" our signatures, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN F. OI-IMER; ELMER H. BRIDENBAUGH.

